Framing Places

Mediating Power in Built Form

By Kim Dovey

Series: Architext 

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Table of Contents

Part 1: Frames of Theorization. Power. Program. Text. Place. Part 2: Centres of Power. Take Your Breath Away. Hidden Power. Traces of Democracy. Part 3: Global Types. Tall Storeys. Inverted City. Domestic Dreaming. Part 4: Localities. On The Move. Rust and Irony. Afterword. Liberty and Complicity.
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